Improvement in wash-stands



W. E. BUS-ER. 1

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No.199,510. Patented Jan. 22,1878

WITNESSES:

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IM PROVEMENT IN WASH-STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,510, dated January22, 1878; application filed November 26, 1877.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BUSER, of Ghillicothe, in the county ofRoss and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved AttachmentforWash-Stands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improvement in that class of wall-protectors whichare attached to the backs of wash-stands or bureaus; and it relates tothe specific construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a flout elevation of the attachment and a wash-stand, to which itis applied. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a rear view of theattachment. Fig. 4. is a cross-section of the uprights of the frame.Fig. 5 represents amodification of the uprights.

The aforesaid frame A consists of tWo upright parallel bars, a a, and ahorizontal crossbar, b, which connects their upper ends. The frame isattached to the back of the washstand by means of screws, which passthrough the lower ends of bars a a, so that the frame may be readilydetached, when required. Arms or pins 0 0 project forward from thecorners of the frame A, and serve as supports for towels or otherarticles of the toilet. Said arms or pins serve as the only means forattaching the cross-bar b to the uprights a a, by passing through thesame, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2.

The piece of cloth B, having a suitable design worked in the centerthereof, fills the space between the bars a a and b of the frame, and isattached to the back of the same by fixed studs or buttons 1), the edgesof the fabric being provided with eyelets or button-holes, to adapt itto be detached from the studs when soiled, or when it is desired tosubstitute another fabric of a different color or ornamentation.

The uprights a a are rabbeted, as shown in Fig. 4., and the studs orbuttons are set in the recess thus formed, so that the fabric is broughtmore nearly in the same plane with the back of the wash'staud, andnearer the front of the wash-stand, while the studs project but little,if at all, from the bars a a.

The fabricperforms the function of a splasher, I

and serves to protect the wall, against which the wash-stand is placed,from discoloration or other injury by water that may be accidentallysplashed or spattered from the bowl in the act of washing.

I show in Fig. 5 a modification of the uprights a a, the same beingconstructed on the principle of a lazy-tongs, so that the splasher maybe elevated or lowered out, as occasion requires.

I do not claim, broadly, a splasher attached to the frame of awall-protector by means of studs.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is- The uprightsa 00, attached to the washstand, and provided with rabbets along theirinner sides, the studs 0?, fixed in said rabbets, the top connecting-barb, and attachingpins c c, and the detachable splasher B, having eyeletsto adapt it to be secured tothe studs, and thereby to the frame, all asshown and described.

WILLIAM E. BUSER.

Witnesses:

J. L. THROOKMORTON, J. I. THROCKMORTON.

